A new issue of Bidoun is out, including Alexander Provan on The Golden Compass: Islam Versus Global Capitalism. Another reason to lament the fading of printed books in the digital age: the loss of handwritten inscriptions left by others. Mr. Woebegone Goes to Washington: When did the Senate become such a lonely, cynical place? Friends like these: Facebook’s former privacy chief Chris Kelly runs for office. If you think the current uproar over Facebook privacy is bad, wait until Facebook embraces location-based apps in a big way. Infallibility and Psychiatry’s Bible: The latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is being revised and, by some, reviled. Fallibilism is true: This is the lesson all narratives of deception need to take seriously — for anyone staid about the possibility of enlightenment must remain just as serious about the possibility for mistake. Elizabeth Mitchell reviews Something Red by Jennifer Gilmore. Could mandatory voting make politics less polarized? To the short list of life's certainties (death, taxes), William Galston wants to add one more: voting. More and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more on Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens. From FP, Stephen Walt on how to defend the indefensible (and get away with it). David Gordon reviews Rule of Law, Misrule of Men by Elaine Scarry. From Book of Odds, an article on dogs and racism: Who is the real bigot? Superheroes are ridiculous — too bad we've forgotten that. Industrial Espionage: How the CIA got the world to buy American during the Cold War. How to make a boycott matter: The outrage over Arizona has provoked a growing number of efforts to make the state pay, but will it?
